Obituaries

Marilyn Ruth Velie, age 80 of Mendon, died Tuesday March 2, 2010 at her home following a long illness. She was born in Sturgis on Jan. 18, 1930 the daughter of the late Walter and Marjorie (Brown) Fieberkorn. Marilyn graduated from Centreville High School with the class of 1948. She was married to Dale Velie in LaGrange, IN on Feb. …

Ronald “Ron” Lee Bernheisel, age 66, of Three Rivers, passed away on Monday, March 1, 2010 at Three Rivers Health following a courageous battle with cancer. He was born on Feb. 11, 1944 in Centreville, MI. the son of Delbert and Grace (Parker) Bernheisel. Ron attended Climax and Centreville Schools. Following school he was employed at Denton Mills, Wheel Campero, …

Roberta A. Cowham, age 89, of Carlsbad, N.M., formerly of Marcellus, passed away Friday evening, Feb. 26, 2010 in the Lakeview Christian Nursing Home in Carlsbad. She was born July 14, 1920 in Lawton, the daughter of Bert E. and Gertrude (Morford) Brody. On Feb. 7, 1947 in Kalamazoo she married Earl Eugene Cowham who preceded her in death on …

Jantina “Tina” Albright, age 75 of Mendon, died Sunday Feb. 28, 2010 at her home following a long illness. She was born in Chicago on Nov. 21, 1931 the daughter of Garmt and Henrietta (Vienstra) Hamminga. The family moved to Mendon in 1949, where Tina met and married Duanne B. Albright on June 18, 1954. Tina worked as a cook …

Joseph Allan Lindsay, 28, of Sturgis, Mich.,entered into eternal rest and peace Friday afternoon, Feb. 26, 201, at Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo, Mich. He was born Feb. 13, 1982, in Sturgis, Mich., a son to David and Polly (Feller) Lindsay. Joseph had resided in Sturgis his whole life. He had been employed at several area businesses, including Telemark in …

James A. Mingus, age 88, of Burr Oak, Mich., passed away Friday, Feb. 26, 2010, at Sturgis Hospital. He was born Jan. 26, 1922, in Hardin County, Ky., a son to the late James and Judith Mae (Cundiff) Mingus. On Sept. 11, 1947, in Kankakee, Ill., he married Beverly E. Keeslar. She passed away Aug. 24, 2002. James moved to …

Shirley Ann (Young) Cutchall Grimes, 51, of Elkhart, Ind., passed away Wednesday morning, Feb. 24, 2010 at Elkhart Hospice House. She was born July 7, 1958 in Three Rivers, the daughter of Kermit and Mary Lou (Allen) Young. She graduated in 1977 from Constantine High School. She was formerly employed at American Electronics and Acousticom in Elkhart, Ind.; she enjoyed …

Lulu Carrie Hoover, 99, of Kokomo, Ind., died Feb. 26, 2010, at the Sanctuary at Holy Cross in South Bend, Ind., following a short illness. She was born Feb. 18, 1911, in White Pigeon, Mich., a daughter to Herman and Alta (Grimes) Schmidt. She had lived in South Bend since 1985, coming form Richland, Wash. She was a widow and had …

Alva Junior Mettler, age 84, of Sturgis, and formerly of Burr Oak, died Thursday morning, Feb. 25, 2010, at Fairview Living Centre in Centreville. Alva was born June 20, 1925, in Branch County, a son of the late Alva A. and Hazel (Twadell) Mettler. Alva grew up in the Quincy area, graduating from Quincy High School in 1943. He married …

Loretta M. Janke, age 89, of Mendon, passed away Monday, Feb. 22, 2010, at Heartland Health Care Center in Three Rivers. She was born Feb. 4, 1921, in Star City, Ark., a daughter of the late Jona and Frances (Collier) Myrick. Loretta had resided in Mendon since 1986, coming from the greater Chicago area, where she had lived since the …